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| States investigate JPMorgan Chase hack as it is seen fueling fraud | |  By Jim Finkle and Karen Freifeld BOSTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. states are investigating the theft of 83 million customer records from JPMorgan Chase & Co in a massive cyberattack uncovered over the summer and more may soon join, Reuters learned on Friday. The Illinois state attorney general's office said it has launched a probe into the hack on the No. 1 U.S. bank by assets. Connecticut is also investigating, said a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to publicly discuss the probe. ...
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| California man whose pit bulls killed woman gets 15 years to life | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Southern California man whose four pit bulls fatally mauled a woman near her home was sentenced on Friday to 15 years to life in prison for second-degree murder, a court clerk said. Alex Donald Jackson, 31, received the sentence during a hearing at a court in Lancaster just north of Los Angeles, a few months after his conviction at a trial where jurors heard evidence of past attacks by the dogs that prosecutors say demonstrate Jackson knew they were a menace. ... |
| Ex-Murdoch British editor admits phone-hacking offence | |  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A former newspaper editor, whose emails led to the exposure of widespread phone-hacking at Rupert Murdoch's now defunct British tabloid, the News of the World, pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally listening to people's voicemails. Ian Edmondson is the eighth person from what was once Britain's biggest-selling paper to have been convicted of being involved in hacking celebrities' phones to find exclusive stories. Edmondson, who had previously denied any wrongdoing, admitted conspiring with colleagues to illegally access voicemails. ...
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| In rare alliance, Shi'ites join Sunnis to defend Iraqi towns | |  By Raheem Salman and Yara Bayoumy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - When Islamic State fighters tried to storm the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad this week, they were repelled by a rare coalition of Sunni tribal fighters inside the town and Shi'ites in its sister city Balad on the opposite bank. The assault, which began late on Tuesday and ran into Thursday, was one of several major battles in recent days in which Sunni tribes joined pro-government forces against the militants, in what Baghdad and Washington hope is a sign of increasing cooperation across sectarian lines to save the country. ...
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| Nine U.N. troops killed in worst attack yet on Mali force | | | By Adama Diarra and David Lewis BAMAKO/DAKAR (Reuters) - Nine United Nations peacekeepers in Mali were killed when heavily armed gunmen on motorbikes ambushed their convoy on Friday, the deadliest attack yet on U.N. troops in Mali, the mission said. The attack on the peacekeepers from Niger took place in the region of Gao and highlighted a sharp increase in strikes on foreign troops based in Mali to prevent the return of al Qaeda-linked Islamists who seized the desert north in 2012. "I am horrified by this cowardly act of terrorism ... ... |
| Former Infosys employee files new lawsuit seeking damages | |  MUMBAI (Reuters) - A former Infosys Ltd employee responsible for starting a U.S. investigation into the Indian information technology company's visa practices has filed another lawsuit, demanding damages for alleged wrongful termination. U.S. national Jack Palmer, who was employed by Infosys in Alabama, said in the lawsuit filed on Thursday with a New Jersey court that he had been discriminated against because he flagged that the company was flouting U.S. visa rules. The lawsuit, seen by Reuters, did not specify how much damages Palmer was seeking. ...
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| Liberia imposes media restrictions on "invasive" Ebola coverage | |  By Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) - Journalists will need official permission to cover many aspects of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, under new rules that the government said aimed at protecting patient privacy. The move was announced on Thursday, the day an American cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia became the first foreign journalist to test positive for Ebola. There was no indication that the new rules were related to that case. ...
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